REFLECTOR: Accident

[matt]

Bummer Larry. But glad you are OK

Matt
XLFG in build


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 07:02:40 -1200
From: "Laurence Coen" <lwcoen at hotmail.com>
Subject: REFLECTOR: stuck nose gear
To: "Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list" <reflector at tvbf.org>
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Here's the story.  Monday was clear and sunny in eastern Kansas.  The temp.
was 38 F with light winds.  After a long spell of ice and snow on the ramp I
had to fly.  After about an hour of fun just going nowhere I returned to
OJC.  I was cleared straight in for runway 36.  I ran my landing check list.
When I put the gear down the usual drag was felt.  As I lined up with the
centerline of 36 I did a final GUMP and noticed I had no green for the nose
gear.  I called tower, requested and was cleared for a low pass so they
could take a look.  Tower reported mains down but the nose gear doors were
still closed.  I went back out south of the field and tried to shake things
loose to no avail.  I bobbed the nose up and down smartly enough to scare
myself.  Tower had me orbit out south while they rolled the crash trucks and
then cleared me back for the 36 approach.  I got as slow as I dared and held
off till I started to run out of elevator.  I was stopped 800 feet from the
threshold and about 200 feet from touchdown with the last 150 feet with the
nose on the pavement.  The crash crew helped me raise the nose and I lowered
the nose gear with the dump valve and taxied back to the hanger.  When I
figure out what went wrong I will let the group know the rest of the story.

Larry Coen
N136LC